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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-05
TIE BREAK TO CAMDEN.

Ths vote Of Senator Carr for Camden
provoked wild applause against tho large
lobby. A lady in the crowd sent Carr a
handsome bouquet. Senator Woodyard's
vote did not cause much OF sensation,
Ho informed the Republican, in the eau
Gus Monday night that his cona.ituents
desired him to vote for Camden, and ex.
pressed his determination to be his own
Judge whether he should do 60 or not.
The motion made first Sea 1T tie eugzes.
tion OF a prominent Republican who de-.
Bired Usmden's election, ard in his inter.
est, but his supporters voted it down.
They claim TO have had unequivocal proul-
ises from others to vote Tor Camden or
Withdraw from the assembly, and were
confident OF his election.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-05
'eolNa TO ao"-A REMINIscEScs.

GOING TO GO'-A RRMtNIsCEECE.
1t is q fact worth mentioning that the
Republicans who voted for Camden to.
day were among those who had decided
to do go at the. regular session they and
two OF three others being the ones refer
red TO In the dispatch from here headed
"Going to Go" which caused euch a hub.
bub. They were not mora determined
this time, but the fact was kept quiet to
prevent a pressnre sgsin being brought to
besr upon them which might, ss ii did
before, change their minds. In this pur.
poss OF Camden's hs had tho aid OF the
Republican caucus, which did ali it could
to prevent the coming break in its ranks
from being known By the public.
CAPT. cHlrLEY uEFURLs TUE srAHs AND
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
Queer Funeral of an Epicurean.

a funeral of an extraordinary character
took place in Yorkshire, when Nlr. j. 5.
Broderick, well known follower of Epicurus,
of Halves, in North Yorkshire was buried.
The interment took place in the deceased gen
tleman's own Land at Spring End, on the top
of hill Mr.. Broderick, who believed i'm the
uansmigration of souls, had directed that 10
minister of religion should attend his burial,
and that no religious ceremony of any kind
should be performed over his remains. The
funeral, therefore, was almost Of "A unique
description. The procession had TO pass over
Stagefell, one of the spurs of the Pennine
range, and as the road was blocked in places
over twelve feet deep with SNOW drifts the
mourners had most difficult task. The i'm
mediate place Of sepulchre was very rocky.
1t had been chosen by the deceased gentle
man, and blasting operations had TO be car
ried on during the whole Of two days to com.
plete the grave, which is nearly twenty feet
below the surface. Pail Mall Gazette
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
Organized Charity in Chicago.

The Provident wood yard is an institution
for the confusion and discontinue Of tramps.
1t is in charge Of stony hearted young fel-
low named McAuiff 1t is under the direc-
ton of the Charity Organization society, and
is self-supporting When a tramp asks a
charity organizer for help the charity or
ganizer refers him TO the central Office and
the central Office sends him to the Provident
wood yard. When he gets there Mr.. Nc
Aulif helps him 70 a bucksaw and a few
large bundles of wood and shows him how TO
saw for a living. The tramp saws may be
half an hour, and then goes on n strike, ours
ing charity organizations and monopolies in
general, and the man who invented a buck
saw in particular. But if he sticks to work
for two hours or so, until he has one-sixth OF
a cord of wood sawed into kindling, he earns
a ticket which is good for a 10 cent meal or a
10 cent lodging. Then, when he has walked
two miles or so to the eating house and gorged
himself on what his ticket calls for, be has
received good practical lesson in the virtue
and reward of honest toiL-Chicago Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
Shear Nonsense.

Man was created first. Woman was a sort
of recreation Boston Transcript
Palmstry is not such new craze; we have
known men 10 sit around table for hours
trying to find out about each others hands
Boston Commercial Bulletin
An old gentleman being asked what he
wished for dinner, replied: "An appetite,
good company something to eat and nap
kin. "-C Chicago Living Church.
"How long shall girls be courtedP asked
newspaper. Not longer than 2 o'clock in the
morning. we think, excepting when 1t rains.
or you have TO catch train.
"Hai ha hal" laughed Dumley, as he fin
ished long chestnut. Capital story, eh,
FeatherlyP EYES," replied Featherly, its
good every time, Dumley, good every time"
New York Sun.
~ feel like thunder this morning." COM
planned New Jersey citizen. "That's because
you fooled with lightning last night" reyer-
berated his wife quicker than flash. New
York Sun.
"Hellon exclaimed meteor, who, moving
in the upper circles of the air had met an OBJ
struction. "What is thisi Who are youP
Don't You know mep "Never met you
before "Oh, yes you did; several seasons
ago I'm the top Of fashionable lady's hat.
-Pittsburg DiSpatch
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08

Mr. Gus Bcnedicks, one Of the direction
OF the General Swedish Trotting association,
who Is now in this country looking for infor
nation concerning American methods on the
turf, gives graphic account Of the "horse
world" In Sweden. The central Office of the
association is at Stockholm. The president is
Count Alfred Pipen, and the royal family
take great interest in the races, which usually
are held in winter on the ice. The circular
track OF ono English milo is inclosed, and an
admission fee is charged. The crowds are
always large and enthusiastic, although
there is no public betting as there is in this
country-in fact, there is not "A single active
bookmalSer in all Sweden. Professional
trainers and drivers are scarce, and the
speed Of horses is not developed with skill.
Il Is tho custom for each owner 20 drive him
self The maximum rate of speed is $50 TO
the mile, and horse capable Of doing this,
fsound and without fault, is valued at from
-, 600 TO s., 900.
The judges occupy a stand in the center
Of the inheld, and the horses, only two of
which start at one time, travel in opposite
directions. One goes TO the right and the
other 10 the left, and the competitor which
gets back TO the starting line first is declared
the winner. The spectators in this style of
competition are first interested in the widen
ing of the gap, and after the half Elile post
has been reached they grow excited over the
steady closing of the same. This e;hod is
great Improvement in many respects over
the American method, as it keeps the spec
tatorS in longer suspense, does away with all
chance of collisions and prevents the horses
inc nd
too, one driver cannot form anywhere near
correct idea as to the exact speed Of his
competitor. and is therefore compelled TO
make his horse do its best. 1t is more diff
cult however, to follow race of this de
scription than one in which the horses travel
side by side and in the same direction. The
prizes arc mainly for Swedish bred horses
Philadelphia Times.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
rHe SEWERS OF PARIS.
4 Pleasure Trip Under the Streets of the
Gay Metropolis.

Excursions under Paris form one Of the
features in the movement for the benefit OF
the sufferers from the recent floods i'm France,
and the gorgeous sewers are literally patron
lied by the fashionable world A reporter
Of The Gil Bias gives this description:
ave started from the Place Chatelet at 3
o'clock AMI descended a little winding stair
case, the steps and walls OF which were COW
cred with "A green cloth fringed by red Dor
der There is not the slightest danger Of soil
ing your clothes or Of encountering the
slightest disagrecable odor. On arriving at
the foot of the stairs fine display Of fruits
and vegetables was the first thing TO greet
our eyes. These products were from Genne-
villiers, and were grown in gardens that are
watered by the sewers. We got into a
wagon, in which were seats for twenty per
sons. OFF we went, showed along by solid
looking fellows, all neatly dressed. Above
us was mass Of tubes and pipes. They are
the water pipes, the two largest containing
our drinking water from the Vaune and
the water Of the Ourcq, which is used for
washing the streets and sidewalks. Then
there are the pneumatic tubes, in which we
can hear the rattle Of the dispatch boxes as
they shoot along.
Suddenly we heard the passengers in the
wagon ahead of us uttering cries Of admira-
ton. We were under the Rue de Rivol, but
soon we reached the crossing of the Rue du
Pont Neuf This tunnel is lighted from end
90 end with garlands Of colored lamps The
effect is fairylike The same effect is repro
duced under the Rue du Louvre, the Rue de
Richeieu and the Place des Pyramides, where
precisely under the statue of Joan Of Arc ap-
pear in luminous glass the arms Of the city Of
Paris We passed along, still following the
Rue de Rivoli, where each house has its num-
Der in the sewer, just as in the street, until we
reached the Place de la Concorde There the
electric lights, crossing their fires with the re-
Elections of the Venetian lamps. turn the
square into a sort of ball room. Nothing is
wanting, not even the music. We all got out
IF the wagons TO embark in large boats fur
nished with cushioned seats The music was
in the first boat, which was decorated with
flags and lamps The boats We're started
We followed the entire route Of the Rue
Royale by the light of fifty dazzling electric
lights.
after a quarter Of an hour in this boat we
landed at the foot of staircase, which we
mounted, and in three minutes we were
above ground at La Madeleine. 1t is much
colder in the streets than it was in the sew
ers, where the temperature, summer and
winter, is always uniformly pleasant New
York Sun
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08

Dinners in New York, in London, in Wash
ington, in Philadelphia in perhaps all large
Cities are conducted on debt paying prin-
ciples, and therefore they grow very dull.
Not that people desire indecorous pleasure,
but they get bored to death by gilded and
overburdened splendor. Almost all hard
working men in America are dyspeptic and
only look at their hands during the three or
four last courses. Two people are brought
together, perhaps, who have never met be
fore. They have positively no subject in
common. To relieve this awkward moment,
to raise the dull depressing cloud which set
ties over the jaded senses, what better that an
ingenious dinner card, with quotation from
Shakespeare or a few lines of original poetryl
Here at least is an opening wedge, text, a
beginning, a subject Of common interest, 1t
g worth world TO an anxious hostess To
zee her guests thus amused, introduced, and
nut at their ease at once is worth much
money. Mrs John Sherwood in New Yok
World
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
re WAS Not GrIeyous.

From city in the Mexican state of Jalisco
we have received the following request
sEditor Argonaut: Dear Sir-If you have
not any inconvenient, will request you send
me one exemplar of your accredited news
paper If his lecture is affability to me,
will tell you and then you can send me sub
scription Please excuse me if am grieyous.
Your most respectfully, -- --
The gentleman is not at all grievous. We
have forwarded copy, and trust that the
lecture of The Argonaut will prove affability
TO him.-San Francisco Argonaut.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08

Paper bottles, capable of fully withstand
ing The effect OF alcoholic fluids, and unbreak-
able, are manufactured in the United States
Iaper IS first made from ten parts rag, fifty
paris wood and forty parts straw stock.
Doth sides Of the sheet are covered with a
un1tufe OF defibrinated blood and powdered
HIhe Ten thicbnesses of this material are
paced one on another, and they are then
pressed IN a hot metal mold until they as
sumo the form Of half bottle. The two
IaiYes are then united under the influence of
aeat and pressure into a perfect bottle.-Bos-
Ton Budget.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
A Left Handed Forgiveness,

Julia-And so you and Kate have made all
upl
Sarah-Yes, we've made all up and are es
good friends as ever. She kissed me two or
three times, and kissed her; and when she
kissed me | was mad, and when had to kiss
her could have bitten her We are just as
good friends as we used to be, but I'll never
forgive her
Julia-Yes, | know exactly how you felt,
and of course any girl would feel just the
same.-Boston Courier.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
A Difference i'm Hens.

A paper speaks Of an opal "as large as a
small hens egg" 1t has probably never
occurred TO the editor who makes this com
parison that it sometimes happens that a
small hens egg is larger than the egg Of
big hen. -NOrristOwn Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08

De Garmo-And how do you stand on
evolution Miss Brewster? Don't you be-
lieve man is descended from the monkey?
Miss Brewster-Oh, yes, l think man is; but
what puzzles me, Mr.. De Garmo, is whcro
women came from. The Columbia Specta-
tor.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
He Had Been Up Late.

Sexton-I beg your pardon, sir, but the
services are over.
Sleeper-'F you'll build it this mornin',
Maria, won't ask you agin ali winter
lid Bits
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
A Urgent Need.

Krupp's last gun will fire ball weighing
two tons through thirty-eisht inches Of solid
iron. What the American public demands
is a machine to propel the nocturnal brick
bat with force and accuracy Francisco
Examiner
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
No DANGER for Thorn.

Smith, notice thatan English physician
SAYS coffee drinkers are sure TO be old before
their time.
Jones-How thankful we ought to be that
we board -Pittsburg Chronicle
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
The 600 convicts in Sing Sing prison eat
twenty-Ono barrels Of flour daily.

"The Bulgarians want king very Daa, uut
somehow or other they can't get one, - said
a member Of the Texas legislature TO a friend
II can sympathize with the ErlGarians. |
once lost several thousand do-a.s- by not
being able to get a king when needed one. "
Texas Siftings.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
WE'RE sADDEST WHEN THEY SING.

The swan, consid'rat bird and passing wise,
Sings only once-thcn just before it dies.
Surely it were a happy thing
If some we knew might die before they sing.
Morning Journal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
A Cause for Thanksgiving.

Conference.-The you any new college
songs
Music Dealer-No, nothing new has been
published in the last year.
Thank Heaven Good day, sir-Tid Bits.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08

In buying table linen the finer. smaller the
pattern the longer it will last.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-02-08
ugly ELEPHANTS
ou,,Ne STORIES or THEIR WICK
epNEss IN CAPTIVITY.

harry Of Romeo. Mogni oucen,
Empires. aud other so-o''l'A Tame"
,,..,,dcrms-tn of them Afraid of a
Rat or Mouse
Justice., 1887-12-24
How Negro Democrats Are Treated.

Joseph Houser, who. until the
election of Cleveland, was on the
Carlo, Ills, Gazette, has been faring
i'll as a Democrat pension agent in
southeast Missouri. Last Friday he
having occasion to 60 down in his
"district" on business, was set upon
at La Forge, Mo, by mob of white
roughs, members Of his own politi-
cal church of course, carried to the
woods and beaten nearly to death
with switches and poles 1t had
been their intention to hang him out
right Houser was glad to crawl to
the nearest railroad station and make
his way over the Iron Mountain r.
r. to Charleston, Mo. That's what
fellow gets by being in bad com
pany. We have yet to hear of Re
pablican official, black or white. be-
ing mobbed BY Republicans Gate
City Press.
Justice., 1887-12-24
Lamar aud the Colored People.
ON the Evening Sun, Tuesday.

FROM the Evening Sun, Tuesday.
The nomination of Hon. l.. .. {.
Lamar to be member of the Su-
preme Court of the United States,
is one of importance to colored Peo-
pie.
We pass over his calling the i'm
mortal Lincoln a clown; we say
nothing of his sentiment that "no
man shall i'll my presence call Jeff
Davis traitor without my respond
ing a stern and emphatic denial"
we will forget he sought by force of
arms to destroy the government and
the constitution; but a man who
voted "no'' to the validity of the
amendments is not the man to sit OH
the bench of the Supreme Court.
The rights Of 100000 people
are peculiarly bound up in the three
amendments, and in 1879 Lamar
voted "no" on a resolution that de-
clared: Resolved, as the judgment
Of the Senate, that the 18th, 18th
and 18th amendments to the consti-
tuition of the United States have
been legally ratified, and are as valid
and of the same paramount author
ity as any other part of the consti-
tuition" To this Mr. Lamar voted
an emphatic "no." If you were a
colored man, would you not doubt
Mr. Lamar's friendliness?
Respectfully,
EDWIN F. HORN.
Justice., 1887-12-24
Close OF school.

Mr. Editor-Notwithstanding the
rainy weather of last Friday night
the closing exercises of school No
7, in Stanley Town, under the man
agement of Miss Virginia A. Hawk
ins, took place The house was
crowded. The best of order pre-
vailed during the exercises. Every
pupil was well prepared and deliv-
cred their exercises with entire sat
isfaction to all present. One of the
many features of the evenings en-
tertainment was the objection that
grandma had to send the daughter
off to school.
There were several visitors pres
ent from the city, among Them
Misses Alice and Matte Hall. Miss
M. L. Simingion, Miss S. c. Hen
derson and Miss Georgia A. Sew
ell, who presided at the organ dur.
ing the evening. Miss Emma E
Scott, from Missionary Ridge, was
also present.
The following gentlemen accom-
panying the young ladies were Prof
]. A. Henry, H. S. Bell, c. E. Dos.
well, VIM. Sullivan and r. c. Hawk
ins. This party had very pleasant
trip from the Dummy Line to the
School house through the rain. AT
ter getting there, all seemed to en-,
JOY the entertainment but Professor
Henry and the young ladies, who
would lookup towards the ceiling
and listen to the gentle patter of the
rain and give sigh for home. sweet
home. The exercises finished, we
reached home safe, barring an &C.
cident or two.
ONE WHO WAS THERE.
Justice., 1887-12-24
ECHO OF THE PAST.
EDWIN F. HORN

We met yesterday an old colored
man who sighed for the Christmas
times of slavery days. He told us
how this was the one happy day OF
a lifetime. The celebration began
on Christmas eve, and as long as the
"back log burned in cole marster's
big room," Christmas for the colored
people lasted, Then all the colored
folks had the run of the whole place,
whiskey ran like water during a
freshet. The work and brutal
whippings Of the past year were for
gotten in the wild orgie of the
Christmas time. The big time with
the girls, the many dances at neigh
boring plantations to the strains of
the fiddle and the "clack" of the
bones. Then they sang a song,
Christmas don't come but once year,
An | think cherry one ought have his
sheer.
1t was then they sought the big
giSt backlog for the fire. Some
used to cut the sappy holly tree and
put the log in water to deceive ''ole
Marster an Misses" and thus have
a longer Christmas.
In these piping times of plenty
and freedom, few there are who
look back regretfully to the old plan
tation Christmas festivities, and none
would for the pleasures of slavery
Christmas give one day of freedom.
But the old man whom we met
has had hard time. He has out
lived the friends Of his youth. None
there are to care for him, and posi-
bly, those old times do seem the best
times.
Justice., 1887-12-24

THERE will be meeting of Re.
publicans at Canaan hall, January
5th, to form Republican club OF
colored men. We noticed the call
for the meeting in the Times.
Justice suggests that our best men
should attend the meeting. The idea
Of forming a Republican club is a
good one, and the intention should
be encouraged. A great many have
signified their intention Of being
present Oh the night Of netting.
Justice., 1887-12-24
..HALF FORGOTTEN MUSIC or A
DREAM.ss


Ifit were in our power, every
heart would beat faster with happi-
ness to morrow. Where naked
ness shivers and hunger desires, our
purse strings would unloosen. This
il the spirit Of the Christ-d day that
brought peace and good will to
men.
Let Us make pretty Christmas
Of ii. let us not vulgarize the hap
piest day Of the year BY swilling
vile egg-no and whiskies to meet
pleasures and aid her, we need a
calm, cool head. Let us make it a
day of content and retrospection,
Think Of things We should be
thankful for Sigh for the sins OF
omission and commission.
Do YOU ever think Of the first
Christmas you remember To
us it stands like a monument among
lesser days. We then believed in
Santa Claus and every other illu-
sion Heaven did lie around and
about us.
Have you ever seen such rich tree
As that first Christmas tree Wasn't
It hard to 60 to sleep that night be-
fore Christmas How the heart
burned with hope and expectation
It is hard to say it. but a tear
sweils up as that happy time comes
back, that Christmas Of the long
ago that never comes again-that
Christmas Of childhood home, when
the heart was young, when care,
sorrow and bereavement and sin
had not scared our hearts when
there were no frightful spectres OF
sad past, when the forebodings oil
| future troubled US not, when all
was love, happiness, innocent Joy
All, that happy time meets nc
twain. But it can live again. Lei
it,live IN the little fellows around
and about your freside There j.
enough Of pain, trouble and sorrow
in the world, and for one day let Il,
make the little babblers happy a,
Were we in that happy time long
ago.
To our sweet friends, to thos,
who love or hate-eyen to our de
Iinquent subscribers-one and all
we wish a right MERRY CHRIST
MAS.
Justice., 1887-12-24

REV. @. D. OLDEN, D. D., was
elected member Of the school board,
succeeding Mayor ]. B. Nicklin.
We now have two able gentle
men Of our race as members of the
Board, Rev. JOS. E. Smith, the pastor
of the Congregational church, and
Rev. DIX Olden, pastor Shiloh Baptist
church Dr. Olden, at this writing,
II i'll Evansville. We compliment
him on his election and bespeak val
uable services from him in the in
terest of our schools.
Justice., 1887-12-24
~A Blue pencil marx across this par
agr1Dh denotes that yosr subscription has
expired Send in renewal at once.

The issues Of the coming CAM
paign are a Protective Tariff and
the maintenance Of the vital force
of the amendments.
Justice., 1887-12-24

Hon. James Hill, of Mississippi
land agent for the Louisville, New
Orleans and Texas railroad, has late
ly sold 10000 acres of land to col
ored people in small tracts.
Justice., 1887-12-24

Mr.. CHARLES SNYDER, of the
sra ward, has beer elected by Board
eff Aldermen a member Of the Board
Of Public Works. He succeeds Mr..
7. Il. Arnold, whose term had ex-
pired
Justice., 1887-12-24

Southern Leader: A majority of
Southern delegates will stand by
John Sherman in the next Chicago
Convention. He is one of the very
few Republican Statesmen who can
carry New York.
Justice., 1887-12-24

White, the slayer of Woodson.
alias THE Black Diamond, ".at Chi
cago, last September, was sent to
the penitentiary for five years.
Justice., 1887-12-24

Rev. ]. August Cole, the native
African who visited Washington
last summer, was recently refused a
supper in Chicago restaurant, and
yet he is professor of Arabic IN a
white college in New York.
Justice., 1887-12-24
SCR

Fred Douglas says that"G Greatness
is of three kinds; of organization,
administration and discovery"
Justice., 1887-12-24

If the colored people would do
something that will pay them in the
future, let them turn their earnest
attention to the purchase of land.
Wealth will demand recognition re-
regardless of who you are.